Agricultural Business and Policy Extension

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2021 Crop and Livestock Budgets

Managing costs and income are essential to keep Missouri farms profitable. Enterprise budgets can help your farm make more informed decisions.

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Short-Term Operating Plan

Prepare your farm or ranch to continue operating in the situation that a primary decision maker is temporarily unavailable.

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Custom Rates

Obtain a better understanding of the cost of producing crops or performing individual field activities by accessing the 2019 Custom Rates Guide.

Agricultural Business and Policy Extension

The Agricultural Business and Policy Extension program serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges and to make informed decisions. The team is primarily focused on:

Helping farmers and agribusinesses with decision-making, financial management, taxes and risk mitigation;
Studying relevant industry and value-added agricultural issues;
Sharing how market fundamentals and trade policy may impact agricultural outlook;
Assessing diversification and new business opportunities for farms, businesses and commodity groups.

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Lets Talk Cattle: An Evening With Corbitt Wall

Event date: Oct. 21, 2021

Event time: | 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Potosi, MO

Do you follow 'Feeder Flash' or listen to Corbitt Wall? Come out for an evening with Corbitt Wall. Listen to discuss condition of the cattle market and answer your questions. Jordan Thomas, cow-calf specialist at the University of Missouri will be ...

2021 Fall Tax Schools

Event date: Oct. 28, 2021 - Nov. 3, 2021

MU Extension is offering training for professional tax preparers. All training will be online via Zoom. Those registering can decide to attend a single day (Day 1 or Day 2) or both. The training will use the National Income Tax Workbook 2021. The tax ...

Ag Lender Seminar 2021 - Mexico

Event date: Nov. 23, 2021

Event time: | 10:00 am - 2:45 pm

Mexico, MO

This program is designed to update agricultural lenders on crop market outlook, livestock market outlook, macroeconomics and policy, short-term operating plans and land rent.Cost: $75Contact: Mary Sobba, [email protected], 573-581-3231

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Make a plan when marketing this year's grain crop

Published: Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Crop farmers should take this adage to heart when marketing their grain, advises University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Martyn Foreman. “If you haven’t ...

Four Farms in Greene County Honored with Century Farm Status Sept. 13 Including One Founded in 1839

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021

Four family farms in Greene County were honored with Century Farm status on Sept. 13 at the Greene County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting held at the Sac River Event Center west of Springfield. Farm owners were presented with an official fence sign and ...

Greene County Commission Hosts Fifth Annual County Agriculture Tour Sept. 3

Published: Friday, Sept. 3, 2021

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Members of the Greene County Commission hosted the fifth annual Greene County Commission Ag Tour on Friday, Sept. 13.The tour was made possible through a partnership with the University of Missouri Extension.The tour departed from ...

Missouri meat, poultry processors receive $16.7 million in grants with help from MU Extension partnership

Published: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Nearly empty meat aisles are a burden producers, processors and consumers don’t want to face again. To prevent that, the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) awarded $16.7 million to keep 150 meat and poultry processors ...

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